Friday, May 2, 2025
Become a Patron!Hey CNFers, it’s the Atavistian time of the month, so there are some saucy details about this month’s story titled “All That Glitters: His alleged victims say he bribed New York Police Department officials, stole millions in diamonds, and persuaded Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Kim Kardahsian to shill for scam cryptocurrency. So why is Jona Rechnitz still free?“
This gives us a chance to speak with Miranda Green, (@randi_green) an investigative reporter, about this piece.
OK, let’s hear what lead editor, Jonah Ogles, experienced from his side of the table. Lots of good stuff about having this story handed off to him farther along in the process, writing good pitches, and what information to withhold and what to put into the piece.
Miranda Green is an investigative journalist based in LA who focuses on politics and climate change. She previously worked at Huffpost and Floodlight News. Her interests focus on the intersection of dark money, the fossil fuel industrial complex and the manipulation of news to spread misinformation. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Atlantic and the Wall Street Journal.
With the Atavist piece, we talk about how she earns trust, how she navigates background, the structure of the piece, and finding the harm in an investigative story. Great chat.
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